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Spceitiention forming part of Letters Patent No. d3, it/il, dnteddnnc 2l, 1864. V

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lle it known that l, DANIEL H. CROSS, of the town ot hnt'tsbnry, in the county of Ben- A n i n gton, lin the State ot Vermont, have invented n new und nscinl Mnchine ior Gnnnning, Cutting, Monnting,n11d Pressing Photographic llrints on thirds; and l de. hereby declare that the following is n tnll, elettr, and exact description ot' the sanne, re'tereneebeing had to the ncconipnnying drawings, melting n part of this specification, in whichlignre l shows n. side elevntion, the mounting eppure-tus beiner compressed in red lines. Fig. 2 is un end 1rien' ot' the machine. Figs. 3 nre ndjnstablc cutting-blades detached. Fig. .d'showsn plan or top View of the apps` rntus. Figs. 5 5 show n view of nn ovni cntter and n section, Fig. G is a detached View` ot' the shearing-cutters. Fig. 7 shows the spring clznnp detzrelied. Fig. 8 shows n de tnched 1view ot the cover of the cnrd'receiver and the springfollower. Fi e. 9 shows e. block, sporticn ci which is covered with cantonilennel or other soft librons substance for spreading; the nincilege on the buck ot' the prints in the process ot' gumniing.

lShe object ot' my invention is to fucilitate tlievnionnting of photographic prints` on the cnr-ds without haring tov handle-each separately, which is accomplished incre speedily nnd in s. much nenter nnrnner.

My inventionl consists in the construction, arrangement, and coxnbinntion ot' certain rnechn-nical movements operating nutornnticn-,lly es hereinnt'ter described.

lc enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, will describe it in dctnil, referring to the drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

l ineke n fr nnie or base,`A of hard wood or ot metal, into which is tted the die stand or punch B, which may be square, oval, or of any other desired shape. The die-stand B is 4placed nn'd tirnlly secured in the center ct' the bese A, and is elevated above the bese snfti f cientI to act :ts n punch to compress the print on the card thro'n'gh the cutting Aflpymrntus C,

`hereinetterdescribed. The die stnnd or punch l?. being stationary, it being-'nindeot cr t'ziced with si plate of tempered steel, b, the npper snrt'uce bein;` perfectlfT et land the corners er edges sharp, it forms he lower portion or half of the she'nrs. 0n` e plane with the t'nce of the die-stand I is e yielding table, D,`it haring an under side of the table, pnssing down in guides c c alt the ends of the bese.' The guiding-bars f f here a slitV or long opening, g, at the lower end, into which e. stop-block, i i, is pnt to hold the table D thc right height, l

@n one edge ot' the table D is en nrreiiugc- `ment for holding turd placing` the prints, so

,that they will lie on and in the center of the diepunch b to be cut. The prints are pnl: in sheets into the spring-clan@ E E, to correspond with the notches e e e e, which rerre designed to Step and held the sliding spring gclznnp by the eid cfa spring catch,j, so that each print will be placed centrally on the card. There will be two or more et' the' springchnnps with euch machine, which are ine-de by liingging` a cleat, F, onto the top of n beveled strip, E, with recesses in which to place n series et springs, n n, which ect to keep the jews closed, und are only forced open toV pnt thc prints in.,

rhey then have the inncilnge sprend on the `sheet by the swab W, Fig. il, which is rn'zrde` fece z z, and lower portion being covered with',y centcninnnei or its .equiv-aient., 'this being dipped in the nucilzrge end passed once over the beck of the sheet'that contains the prints, four or more in number, after they huye been placed in the clznnp E. This process spreads the gum more evenly than. cnn be done by ai brush, and in less than one-fourth of the time, and the clznnp is then slid into its place by the side of the yielding trible B, the prints cnt and pressed upon the cards by the mechanism hereinafter described.

l make a stift' iron traine, H H, which is placed vertically, so us to lslide in metal Vboites or guideshfh Il on each sideof the,

l, the lateral: sliding freine K l, to tnlrethef receiver lnnnd pince it centrally oyerfithc.

vopening or space which is surrounded by the There is an iron frame, N, into which the4 horizontal sliding frame K is iitted, so that it moves laterally to feed in and liberate the cards at each upward movement of the mounted mechanism by the action of the angular guidebar C, which is secured to` the base A, and passes between two frictionrollers,o o, or one roller Working in a groove, the same being secured to the sliding frame K.

'Ihe cardreceiver L is a box, made of wood or metal, and is mounted on and secured -to the frame-N or face-block It. The card-reoliver bein-g inside just the size and shape t) tit the cards, and of sutlicient depth to take in a pack of one hundred or more, they resting on their extreme ends on the sliding frame K, and are kept in close contact with it by the means or' a peculiarly-constructed spring-follower, I, which is attached to the cover Q of the receiver L. The springs i r are so arranged and secured to the cover that the pressure is uniform upon the cards and -exerts the same forceI on a single card or a Whole pack. The follower P is secured to the cover Q by an upright pillar, S, which is placed in its center, passing through ahole in the. cover. The pillar having a stop4 and `knob, q, above the cover, by which it is known when the cards in the receiver are out Without removing thecover, which is held firmly in its place by the double-acting buttons u n.

As the machine is being operated, which may be done by the foot on a lever connected With the sliding vertical frame H by means of a strap, rope, rod, or chain, to bring the cutt. ug and pressing apparatus onto the diepunch, its motion upward being eit'ected by a s iral spring, v. or its equivalent, placed in the base A- betweeu the under cross-bar of the lrame H and the diie-punch B. The same. motion "downward draws the horizontal sliding frame K in end and allows the bottom card to be pressed into the recess in the frame, so that 'with its motion back the card is carried into the place to receive the print and forced out ly another. card beingplaced in under the springs It' lc on the frame N. The shears or cutting blades c c are made angular on the lower or cutting edge, and are secured in the four sides of the frame I so that they tit on all sides of thc die punch 7), thus for ming perfect shears. Another more simple and a cheaper mode of makin g the cutters is to have a rightangle tlange on the upper edge, as seen in Figs. 3 and 3. to theframe N by screws, and made adj ustable, so that 4they cau he set up and adjusted nicely to the die-punch b B, and taken off separately to sharpen and replaced. ,By making and securing the cutting-blades in this manner the frame or stock I is entirely dispensed with, the apparatus is lighten-is" easier made, ad-

justed, and the cutters' kept sharp, Which'is,

quite an essential feature in cutting the prints, so that their edges are smooth and nice.v

The' operation and eii'ect produced by my invention has been generally showin. as the various parts have been described, butin addition I here remark that its advantages as a labor-saving machine for kthe purpose it is intended is immense, doingthe work atleast ten times faster than it can be done by the hand process, and in a much neater manner,

there being` no liability to deface the'print'sl or the cards by handling andgetting the gum-on the prints. They are also placed centrally, or, as they are designed to be p*la.ced,lall alike on an entire pack. Thegname of thefafrtist or. any device may be embossed orI stamped ou` each card atthe time the print is rnouuted by inserting a die or cut in the face-block orfin the.

compressing diepunch.

Havin g thus fully described 'machineor apparatus for gumming, cuttin'g',"andf"mounting photographic prints on cards, (cartes 'de visita) what I claim' asnew andllusefulfand desire to secure by Letters Patent, i,si.-v

I. The angular cuttingblades', so 'arrangedand operated as to tit the die-stand or coin-y pressing-punch, the two forming shears toont;

DANIEL H. CROSS. Witnesses:

EDM. F. -BRoWN, J. B. WOODRUFF.

These cutters may be secured 

